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Dear Santa, I have been very very good. Please ask my boss for a copy of my job performance review for fiscal 2011 if you don't believe me. Per the terms of the Santa-Petitioner_In_Good_Standing contract, please send me the following items/services... Continue reading ...
The Tech Writer Curmudgeon wants to negotiate some wishes for the season. Dear Santa, While I know that our counsels have advised both of us to cease communications, and that the final resolution stated that we “agreed” that the squirrels and wind could have caused some of the damage to my roof, the “poo” I [...] Continue reading ...
Whirler Melinda Anderson may actually subscribe to the minimalist school of Santa letter writing. Short, comprehensive, to the point. Santa All I want for Christmas Adobe Cloud available at the office where I work. Creative suite 5.5 upgrade for CS3/CS4 Windows XP for my computer at home. This is so I can do some e-publishing [...] Continue reading ...
Greg Larson has a list that he maintains throughout the year, and it always includes one outrageous, extremely unlikely, but really cool request… can you figure out which item it is? The last of the autumn leaves, dried and shriveled, rattle in a cold north breeze and Christmas whispers back from the near-future. Inside, warm [...] Continue reading ...
I don't usually want a lot of presents for Christmas. Now that I've been a tech writer for a good few months, though, I have come up with more of a list than usual. I really hope to see some of these under the tree this year. First, I'd like an organization that exempts me from meetings. Continue reading ...
In 1998, you left a [submarine simulation] video game under my tree called 688i Hunter/Killer. I’ve always considered this to be one of the best games I’ve ever played, so thanks Santa for that really great present. One thing that made this game so great was that it came with extremely comprehensive documentation. I know your technical writing elves worked really hard on it... Continue reading ...
This week's TechWhirl's Tech Writer Today weekly update is brought to you by the letter "U" and monkey's doing math. Join us while we express some unresolved issues and highlight the posts and discussions of the week. Continue reading ...